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CM10.1 Now available for Canadian Variants ...

CM10.1 NIGHTLIES are now available for Canadian variants of the Samsung Galaxy S4, specifically, model SGH-I337M.
Here's the link from CyanogenMod's web site:
http://get.cm/?device=jfltecan
Peter

PeterGuru said:
It appears that CM10.1 is now available for some Canadian variants of the Samsung Galaxy S4, specifically, model SGH-I337M.
Here's the link from CyanogenMod's web site:
http://get.cm/?device=jfltecan
Here's a link from MobileSyrup, the site where I discovered the above:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/05/05/e...lds-available-for-canadian-samsung-galaxy-s4/
And here's a link from Steve Kondik's Google+ page:
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/EZcJNk17iXt
Peter
... downloading now!
NOTE: My sincere apologies if this thread is not in the right section. Please change if necessary.
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This is great, and amazed how quickly it was released! I've flashed and everything works fine as far as I can tell. The only thing I've noticed is certain apps that make use of the S4 Barometer/Thermometer end up crashing the phone after a couple seconds. But other than that all appears to be fine.

UP-DATE: Re CM10.1 Installation …
Well, I took the plunge and flashed cm-10.1-20130504-EXPERIMENTAL-jfltecan, along with the latest GAPPS (on my Rogers SGH-I337M).
Although I’ve got lots more checking to do, like Sobai, the installation went smoothly, and following the initial set-up, I can tell you that my original serious lag, and subsequent lag improvement following the OTA, is now effectively gone. It’s smooth as butter (sorry about the cliché).
I’ll report back later today or tonight.
Peter
Addendum: As was mentioned on Steve Kondik's site, you can't mount the SDCard, so what I have on it is not yet accessible.

Awesome!
I wanted to test it out, but I wanna wait for a stable build. Should come in a few weeks I hope!

It doesn't detect external MicroSD

Is the Canadian S4 Bootloader locked?

LeKtRiCzzz said:
Is the Canadian S4 Bootloader locked?
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No it isn't

I have succesfully rooted and flashed twrp made a backup and such but I am afraid to flashed this because my download screen write protection enabled

Kevin36 said:
I have succesfully rooted and flashed twrp made a backup and such but I am afraid to flashed this because my download screen write protection enabled
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I have read that the write protection enabled thing is just to ensure you don't flash something meant for another version of the phone. I have successfully flashed TWRP and CM10.1 yesterday on a Galaxy S4 1337M from Bell.
Also, you would usually flash the zip using TWRP.

To put it bluntly... Don't.
Until we get the bootloader unlocked and have the custom recovery running in tandem with the unlocked bootloader that's very dangerous.

Canadian phones are NOT bootloader locked. AT&T US is the only jack*ss at the party so far (waiting for Verizon, of course).
Just be careful, and know you're taking your chances.

I want to flash this but I dont want to lose all the new sensor gimmicks this phone brings and to top that off I dont have a stock odin rom to put phone back in factory state in case it messes up? what to do?

The fact that the Canadian s4 are identical hardware wise to the at&t s4 just confirms that the whole locked bootloader thing is purely at&t's fault and not samsung's.
And this also confirms that the "write enabled" in download mode has nothing to do with the bootloader being locked, as the Canadian s4 says that, but the bootloader isn't locked.
The Canadian S4 also has the black contacts and phone apps like the international version, not the hideous white ones of the us variants.

Kevin36 said:
I want to flash this but I dont want to lose all the new sensor gimmicks this phone brings and to top that off I dont have a stock odin rom to put phone back in factory state in case it messes up? what to do?
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Wait! there's no rush! There will be plenty of time to flash this once it's a little more complete /stable. And... As far as I know we don't have the rom yet available to flash in case something goes wrong and you want to go back to stock.

If this crap continues from ATT, I'll just use ATT upgrades to sell the iPhones and either purchase a T-Mobile one or import one. This is madness!!! SO JELLY!!!!!!

Hola
1. Why the heck is it that Telus, Bell, Rogers and the whole lot of them can't release our stock ROM's as yet???
2. Thank heavens that we don't have to deal with locked boot loader situation.
3. I truly hope that either TWRP or CWM can release a working version of custom recovery so that we can do Nandroid backups.
4. I used http://www.cellunlocker.net/ to unlock my white SGH-I337M device which I bought from Rogers. It took about an hour to get the unlock code. Now it is working without issue on Bell's network.
The wait continues...

We have a recovery on canadian s4 just root
download goomanager on playstor
click the menu button and install open recovery script
and that will flash twrp recovery automatically.
Then it has an option to reboot to recovery and then make backup.
my backup compressed wieghs about 2gs.

QAM said:
Hola
1. Why the heck is it that Telus, Bell, Rogers and the whole lot of them can't release our stock ROM's as yet???
2. Thank heavens that we don't have to deal with locked boot loader situation.
3. I truly hope that either TWRP or CWM can release a working version of custom recovery so that we can do Nandroid backups.
4. I used http://www.cellunlocker.net/ to unlock my white SGH-I337M device which I bought from Rogers. It took about an hour to get the unlock code. Now it is working without issue on Bell's network.
The wait continues...
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Haven't you heard of Bill C-343? You shouldn't have to pay.

Bill C-343 isn't yet in place ...
Bill C-343 hasn't yet passed into law, and it may never happen, at least, not for a long while.
Peter

Cheeze[iT] said:
If this crap continues from ATT, I'll just use ATT upgrades to sell the iPhones and either purchase a T-Mobile one or import one. This is madness!!! SO JELLY!!!!!!
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Dude, if you are looking to buy outright, you should seriously consider buying a Canadian i337M. The best deal now is from Koodo (a discount subsidiary of Telus) for $625: https://shop.koodomobile.com/phones/models/index.html
You would then own an unlocked GS4, fully compatible with AT&T's network.

Unlocking problems with old phone.

Hi,
I'm currently trying to unlock the aging Samsung Galaxy 3 (i9300).
I currently don't have a phone, and so my girlfriend who has the s6 gave me her old s3.
It's on the orange network, and as said is the i9300 model, which is where the issue lies.
I'm from the UK, and instead of being locked to orange wanted to switch to the Giff Gaff network.
I first headed to their site which gave a rundown on how to unlock the S3 using the usual code you punch into the number pad, but found that I needed to be on an older operating system.
I was on Jelly bean 4.3 and needed to be on a 4.1 variant for this to work.
I downgraded to the 4.1 via the debugging menu and downloading the firmware from Samsungupdates.com and for some reason the firmware I downloaded for my region defaulted to the UK network 3's variant of 4.1.
Now that I was on 4.1, I went back to the unlock steps.
Typed in the code, followed all the steps, but then found out that the steps were for the i747 and not the i9300.
I looked online and came across an old thread on this forum from a few years ago on the subject, which talked about rooting the device and then using another app to do the job, but then others said this no longer worked after July 2013.
I'm not really sure what to do, or weather there's anything I can do.
I'm not even sure if I've messed it up by downgrading the firmware with it now for some reason booting as if the phone was on the three network and not orange.
I know it's an old and unsupported phone, but I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas of what I should do?
Thanks allot.

Screwed up my SM-G930VL, please help!!

Hi,
I bought a SM-G930VL (tracphone branded, but verizon compatible) galaxy s7 for a pretty good price, however the advanced and wifi calling were not options (even though verizon told me they were before I purchased). I decided I would try to flash the VZW firmware from sammobile through odin, but it did not work. It originally gave me the ext4 error, but then flashing the csc fixed that. I then flashed the AP file, but it finished very quickly (about 3.5 min) and now will only boot into recovery when powered up.
Is there anything I can do to save my phone, or have I permanently screwed it up?
Thanks

holy sh*t got it working. Flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files and it booted to welcome screen!!
Thanks all (and hopefully this helps anyone in the future who runs into this predicament)
It is currently checking wifi connection so hopefully all is well!
Edit: Is there a way to edit the title? That way this could be maybe help the next person rather than getting ignored.

whatnow275 said:
holy sh*t got it working. Flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files and it booted to welcome screen!!
Thanks all (and hopefully this helps anyone in the future who runs into this predicament)
It is currently checking wifi connection so hopefully all is well!
Edit: Is there a way to edit the title? That way this could be maybe help the next person rather than getting ignored.
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Hi, want to ask a few questions. were you able to fully flash the Verizon firmware to this model with no issues? The phone is also supposed to be factory unlocked per my connections with reps.
Did the phone fully change to a SM-G930V, showing in settings and in Odin mode?

Yes I was able to fully flash Verizon and I have working wifi calling and advanced calling. In settings it shows up as V not VL as well. As far as I understand it is the exact same hardware just different software running on it
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whatnow275 said:
Yes I was able to fully flash Verizon and I have working wifi calling and advanced calling. In settings it shows up as V not VL as well. As far as I understand it is the exact same hardware just different software running on it
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Great, i flashed one yesterday for a friend via teamviewer and even changed the model as SM-G930V in odin mode. So I guess due to this the phone has now a locked bootloader and ended up being converted to a full Verizon galaxy S7. Only thing it did not take his Metro PCS sim card. Unsure it would take any other carrier sim cards.

aromerblz said:
Great, i flashed one yesterday for a friend via teamviewer and even changed the model as SM-G930V in odin mode. So I guess due to this the phone has now a locked bootloader and ended up being converted to a full Verizon galaxy S7. Only thing it did not take his Metro PCS sim card. Unsure it would take any other carrier sim cards.
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Was the boot loader originally unlockable? I was under the impression that all SD versions were locked down right. That's great that you got it to work also!
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whatnow275 said:
Was the boot loader originally unlockable? I was under the impression that all SD versions were locked down right. That's great that you got it to work also!
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It seems it was as it allowed me to flash the verizon bootloader and full firmware. Normally tracfones only allow to flash part of a firmware and rejects all bootloader partitions.

Is bootloader locked after flash g930v firmware. Or can I flash back to straight talk?

Cherb1990 said:
Is bootloader locked after flash g930v firmware. Or can I flash back to straight talk?
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haven't tried flashing back as have no reason for that. To top it off the firmware has not been released yet.

aromerblz said:
haven't tried flashing back as have no reason for that. To top it off the firmware has not been released yet.
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I'm currently on Verizon switching to T-Mobile this week. Is it possible to flash to G930T? I flashed g930VL to G930V. But wasnt sure if I could. If of the phone would be compatible with T-Mobile

Cherb1990 said:
I'm currently on Verizon switching to T-Mobile this week. Is it possible to flash to G930T? I flashed g930VL to G930V. But wasnt sure if I could. If of the phone would be compatible with T-Mobile
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There were reports of someone flashing the phone to an SM-G930U (Unlocked US S7). So apparently they are interflashable. I however have not gone to that extent as am yet to get my one to thinker with. I flashed previously to a SM-G930V via teamviewer for a friend. You can search the threads and verify.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...0t1-metro-pcs-flashed-g930t-firmware-t3358941

aromerblz said:
Great, i flashed one yesterday for a friend via teamviewer and even changed the model as SM-G930V in odin mode. So I guess due to this the phone has now a locked bootloader and ended up being converted to a full Verizon galaxy S7. Only thing it did not take his Metro PCS sim card. Unsure it would take any other carrier sim cards.
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You probably figured it by now, but MetroPCS is the only retarded carrier that locks SIM to IMEI. So if you want to use MetroPCS on any other phone than the one you currently have it on, you need to call customer service and give them your new phone's IMEI. Then your new phone will start working. If you want to switch back to your old MetroPCS phone you need to call them again and give them that IMEI, which is retarded. I don't know why they do that but it's really annoying if you frequently switch phones.
I have a 935V (S7 Edge Verizon) and now have 935U ROM on it using Tracfone. Initially I have Tracfone's Verizon service but I wanted the freedom to easily move from one phone to another so I converted it to a Tracfone-GSM(ATT) and been using it in my Verizon S7 Edge (with 935U ROM) and iPhone SE without any problem.

whatnow275 said:
Hi,
I bought a SM-G930VL (tracphone branded, but verizon compatible) galaxy s7 for a pretty good price, however the advanced and wifi calling were not options (even though verizon told me they were before I purchased). I decided I would try to flash the VZW firmware from sammobile through odin, but it did not work. It originally gave me the ext4 error, but then flashing the csc fixed that. I then flashed the AP file, but it finished very quickly (about 3.5 min) and now will only boot into recovery when powered up.
Is there anything I can do to save my phone, or have I permanently screwed it up?
Thanks
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Could you add links to everything you used? I have the same model using straight talk and I want to be able to have a backup firmware to flash in case I ever mess up my phone (which seems to be a trend). And have you had any issues at all? Like, does everything work okay?

whatnow275 said:
Hi,
I bought a SM-G930VL (tracphone branded, but verizon compatible) galaxy s7 for a pretty good price, however the advanced and wifi calling were not options (even though verizon told me they were before I purchased). I decided I would try to flash the VZW firmware from sammobile through odin, but it did not work. It originally gave me the ext4 error, but then flashing the csc fixed that. I then flashed the AP file, but it finished very quickly (about 3.5 min) and now will only boot into recovery when powered up.
Is there anything I can do to save my phone, or have I permanently screwed it up?
Thanks
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I too would like to know if you could please provide links. Im rather new to this, the only other phone ive ever flashed rooted and put custom rom on was a Evo. But alls im looking to do is get my s7 rooted and it would be nice to have it flashed to Verizon first seeing as there root guide is for verison phone and firmware.

Dano5674 said:
I too would like to know if you could please provide links. Im rather new to this, the only other phone ive ever flashed rooted and put custom rom on was a Evo. But alls im looking to do is get my s7 rooted and it would be nice to have it flashed to Verizon first seeing as there root guide is for verison phone and firmware.
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It's been a very long time but I'll try to remember lol. Been in iPhone land for about a year (now I'm back with the good guys tho )

Help lol
whatnow275 said:
It's been a very long time but I'll try to remember lol. Been in iPhone land for about a year (now I'm back with the good guys tho )
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I bricked my SM-930VL too and it's not letting me flash anything back to stock. No clue what to do

Flashing different model firmware onto G930VL

Hello,
I bought a G930VL (Straight-Talk) S7 a few months ago, but I'd like to use it on a different service, specifically ting, to save money.
I have read about others flashing the G930V firmware onto the G930VL and successfully using the phone on Verizon.
I'm unsure of what model firmware to flash however to make it work with ting (G930V vs G930U vs G930F), or where to find a guide I can follow to go about doing this.
Thanks for any help,
Matt

Voonex said:
Hello,
I bought a G930VL (Straight-Talk) S7 a few months ago, but I'd like to use it on a different service, specifically ting, to save money.
I have read about others flashing the G930V firmware onto the G930VL and successfully using the phone on Verizon.
I'm unsure of what model firmware to flash however to make it work with ting (G930V vs G930U vs G930F), or where to find a guide I can follow to go about doing this.
Thanks for any help,
Matt
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All I know is the U software is way better after ya locate a way to unlock the bootloader on the phone so it wouldnt interferes with other security part and lock ya from using it at all bricked software iv'e done it with a galaxy proclaim a while back and I really love it without cell service preinstalled locked bloatware tht ya cant completely uninstall em but uninstalled updates for em and disable em is comes close to u firmware

Unlocked AT&T Galaxy S7 Active to Verizon

So, these past couple of days I've been trying to find a way to get my unlocked ATT Galaxy S7 Active to work with Verizon.
Well, I have read and read and can't seem to get it done. I just realized that it was an "active" which means its not a normal galaxy S7, I guess. I have read that flashing with the U firmware would be best, but every time I've found one that I thought would work it never has. I've tried both on a mac using the ported version of odin for mac which I couldn't get to work at all. I have also tried going with the Oreo OS as well as the one before it, but the U versions firmware, and trying to install them with the Odin 3.13 software using Vmware and it just constantly fails. is it even possible to flash the firmware on this model?
I have he ATT Galaxy S7 Active Model number: SM-G891A

NeedAMonitor said:
So, these past couple of days I've been trying to find a way to get my unlocked ATT Galaxy S7 Active to work with Verizon.
Well, I have read and read and can't seem to get it done. I just realized that it was an "active" which means its not a normal galaxy S7, I guess. I have read that flashing with the U firmware would be best, but every time I've found one that I thought would work it never has. I've tried both on a mac using the ported version of odin for mac which I couldn't get to work at all. I have also tried going with the Oreo OS as well as the one before it, but the U versions firmware, and trying to install them with the Odin 3.13 software using Vmware and it just constantly fails. is it even possible to flash the firmware on this model?
I have he ATT Galaxy S7 Active Model number: SM-G891A
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This is why i never buy branded phones!
The rubbish ATT&T active is on a GSM baseband and Verizon use CDMA so your phone won't work on Verizon until you unlock the CDMA radio software on the phone.

Finally got my g891a on verizon with stock rom and root

I would be really interested to see how you did it. I'm in that situation now. I have the G891A and my carrier is switching from running on ATT network to Verizon. I like this phone (I know it is getting some age on it) and it still does all I need/want and I really don't want to give it up.